Razor.



No. 7o7,223.- Patented'Aug. |9,|9o*2.

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R A Z 0 R. (Application led *Jam '11, 1902.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. Y

CHARLES FREITAG, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

RAZOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 707,223, dated-August 19, 1902.

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To all whom t may concern:

i Be it known that I, CHARLES FREITAG, a citizen of the United States, residing at 24 Cornelia street, borough of Brooklyn,v in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Razors, of which the following is a` specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings. This invention relates to razors for shaving; and it consists in applying to the back of the blade a removable gage designed to bear upon and present the cutting edge of the blade at the proper angle to the surface gage applied, the view also showing the blade closed in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is an end view. Fig. 3 is a side view of the gage removed; Fig. 4, a view of the entering end of the gage;

and Fig. 5, an enlarged cross-sectional viewv on the line 5 5 of Fig. l, showing clearly the inturned free edges of the gage and the bearing position of the gage and cutting edge of the blade when applied for use.`

The gage 1 is slotted at one side its .entire length, as shown in Fig. 3, to allow it to be slid upon and embrace the back of the blade and is held thereon by the resiliency due to its cross-sectional shape. The free edges bordering the slot in thev gage are doubled inwardly, as shown at2 2, Fig. 5, and formed to present an increased frictional bearingsurface upon the blade to hold it firmly, this construction also serving tol stiften the free v edges of the gage and Vpreserve its shape. The outer end of the gage may also be closed by a cap or by flanges 3 3 to form a stopbearing against the end of the blade, as .shown in Fig. 2. A

of the invention is to maintain the cutting edge of the blade at the proper angle by permitting the gage to rest upon the surface operated upon, the blade being thereby held in the proper position to act efficiently and reduce the danger of cutting orv abrading the skin.

In the operation of honing, the `blade is .requiredtobe held at a more obtuse angle,

and for this reason the gage cannot be made integral with the blade. Therefore in this The principal advantage attending theuse operation the gage is removed, so that the blade may rest Iiatly upon the hone at the normal angle provided in its construction.

' The gage is adapted to be applied to and used with all designs of blades and maybe made and sold separately as a commercial article.

I am aware that a removable cylindricaly clasp adapted to the back of la razor-blade and having rounded corners bearing upon the blade is not new,.and -I do not, therefore,

claim such construction.-V

In the practice of the invention for shaving purposes the cylindrical form of the gage in cross-section is desirable, but requires a greater frictioual bearing-surface of the blade than hitherto devised to prevent the gage from rolling transversely on the blade. Therefore,

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl l A removable gage for razor-blades, consist ing of a hollow thin sheet-metal cylinder slotted longitudinally for the reception of the back. j

o'I-IARLEs FREITAG.

signature Witnesses: Y

CRAs. W. FORBES, CHARLES HANIMANN. 

